Week’s best Apple deals: Get the lowest price ever on this refurb MacBook Air

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A great deal on a MacBook Air is just the start of this week's Apple deals.
A great deal on a MacBook Air is just the start of this week's Apple deals.
Images: Apple, eForCity, i4software, Penom

With new iPads (and new iPad price cuts) on the horizon, you should definitely hold off on buying an Apple tablet for a few weeks. But that leaves plenty of Apple deals: Check out a super-cheap refurbished MacBook Air and several great tech accessories in this week’s roundup.

Refurb MacBook Air i5 13″ with 256GB SSD for $600

This refurbished MacBook Air 13-inch with 256GB SSD offers the perfect balance of portability and screen size, memory and price. The fact that it’s a refurb brings it further into affordable territory.

This is the lowest total price we could find for a refurb by $20 and the best price we’ve ever seen for a MacBook Air with a 256GB SSD. It features an Intel Haswell Core i5 1.3GHz dual-core processor; 13.3-inch, 1,440-by-900 LCD; 4GB RAM; 256GB SSD; 802.11ac wireless; Bluetooth 4.0; Thunderbolt; backlit keyboard, and Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan. Note: No warranty information is provided, and these refurbished laptops may show visible wear.

eForCity Universal Tripod Phone Holder for $5

Upgrade your selfie game with this eForCity Universal Tripod Phone Holder. It’s at the lowest total price we could find by $3. It features collapsible legs, 360-degree adjustment and is designed to hold a GPS unit, MP3 player or smartphone.

Vizzywig video editor for iPhone and iPad for free

At 32, Damien Chazelle just became the youngest person ever to win an Academy Award for Best Director. So what’s your excuse? Get to work making your masterpiece as iTunes offers Vizzywig for iPhone and iPad for free. That’s a $20 drop and the first time we’ve seen this video-editing app offered for free.

Penom Apple Watch Bands at Amazon from $5

Don’t spend $149 on an Apple Watch band when you can get one that looks practically identical for less. A lot less. Click the link to see the coupon codes that will drop these Penom Milanese Loop Apple Watch Bands to a low of $5 (though some will cost as much as $7, natch).

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